a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
When I first starting fixing up my house, I had no clue what I was doing. All I knew is that I didn’t like how my house looked and all I could afford was to work on it myself. So I just figured it out as I went. Sure, I made mistakes, but that’s how I learned! And hopefully I… Read More
One of the things I love about my 1905 house is the beautiful, original details. In most of the rooms we have tall, gorgeous baseboards! They’ve been painted a million times and are a bit dinged up, but they tell the story of the house. The playroom though had different baseboards on each wall. And when we took out the… Read More
There’s a fun trend of paper rollers that you hang on the wall and you can make your own art. When it came time to work on our playroom, I thought one would be so cute! I could use the paper for art time with my son. Plus, I could draw cute quotes between using the paper for crafts. Win,… Read More
A big step in completing this room- installing the floors! The original floors in here were in rough shape- random holes throughout and needing to be stripped. Instead of doing a bunch of patching, we decided to cover them with laminate flooring. This room will get a lot of abuse so I needed something to hold up to that! If… Read More
I know that painting a wall sounds like a SUPER basic DIY project. And it is! But, like anything, as I’ve done this over and over again, I’ve learned how to get better and faster at it. So, I’m going to share my best tips! And my fails with painting walls (because, yes, I have learned some things the hard… Read More
Well, its time to begin my next project- the playroom! This house is bigger than any other that we’ve ever lived in. Which means that we get to have space for an office and a playroom!!! I’m excited to have a dedicated place for all the toys that isn’t in my living room. these are “before” images of the room… Read More
